Indonesia + 1 more
Before the ballot In the leadup to the vote, Community Aid Abroad worked with local counterparts to distribute food and medicine to internal refugees and others in need. Several relief convoys were attacked, but relief got through to those in…
Timor-Leste
17/09/99 : un chirurgien de Médecins du Monde, l'un des derniers humanitaires à quitter le Timor oriental témoigne : "Après 24 ans de férule indonésienne, les Timorais de l'Est étaient en droit de penser qu'ils avaient regagné leur liberté. Aujourd'hui, ils…
Indonesia + 1 more
AKRON, Pa. - Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) has given $15,000 Cdn./$10,000 U.S. to an Indonesian Mennonite effort to help people displaced by violence in East Timor and Ambon. At their recent general assembly, members of Muria Christian (Mennonite) Churches of…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Situation Update The food situation continues to be precarious in a number of areas in the DPRK as the country enters the lean season before the harvests of maize (September) and rice (October). The anticipated break in WFP's cereal pipeline…
Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (Sept. 17) XINHUA - The United Nations has set up a task force to ensure food and medicine supply for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Afghanistan with cooperation of NGOs. Briefing newsmen Friday here, U.N. officials Stephanie Bunker…
Timor-Leste
Press Statement by James B. Foley, Deputy Spokesman The international humanitarian community is increasingly concerned about the safety and sustenance of displaced persons and refugees in West and East Timor and stands ready to provide necessary resources for humanitarian agencies to…
Timor-Leste
Alors que près de 200 000 est-timorais déplacés, ayant trouvé refuge dans les collines du Timor Oriental, n'ont pour la plupart plus accès à l'eau et à la nourriture depuis plusieurs jours, Action contre la Faim renforce ses équipes…
Timor-Leste
Contact: Virginia de la Guardia (212) 967-7800 New York, 17 September - Concerned about the survival conditions and nutritional state of the displaced population in East Timor, the international relief organization Action Against Hunger/Action Contre la Faim is preparing for…
Timor-Leste
CONTACT: Sue Aitkin or Cynthia Glocker, CARE USA, (404) 681-4579, ext. 203/453 ATLANTA (September 17, 1999) The relief and development organization CARE today signed an agreement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations World Food…
Timor-Leste
Press conference with David Wimhurst Darwin, 17 September 1999 I'm very pleased to introduce today Mr. Ross Mountain who has been appointed by the Secretary General as the humanitarian coordinator for the East Timor Crisis. He arrived in Darwin yesterday…
